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Monday, November 14, 2016

Disney's Dapper Day, Fall 2016!

Twice a year here in Orlando there's an unofficial Disney event called Dapper Day, and it. is. awesome. Simply put, you dress nice, show up, and gawk at all the pretty outfits. Most have a vintage flair, and there's Disneybounding galore, but really, almost anything goes.

All the feelz for this Inside Out group. :)

Last Saturday was the first Dapper Day held at Epcot, since it usually alternates between Hollywood Studios and Magic Kingdom. I was excited about the change of scenery, until I realized it was also the last weekend of the Food & Wine Festival, which draws massive, massive crowds.

Given the shoulder-to-shoulder walls of people, the vastly larger park to spread out in, and the fact that public Dapper Day meetups are no longer allowed (boo), it was a real challenge photographing people this round. That said, I still found plenty, so prepare for eye candy, peeps!

Starting with my friends Christie and Chris as R2D2 & C3PO (check out his socks!!). Christie made her dress from original 1920's instructions - no pattern - then made a Mouse Droid sequin purse to go with it, which is seriously the coolest.

Then Christie's sister Robyn was BB-8!

Seriously, this group raises the bar every Dapper Day. Love 'em to pieces.

Now let's talk about this EPIC Space Mountain purse:

And she's dressed as a vintage flight attendant with Tomorrowland pins!

An oh-so-pretty Suffragette:

Gotta say, I do love having Spaceship Earth in the background. It's like Past meets Future.

Dapper 1940s Wonder Woman:

And the most delightful Nightmare Before Christmas trio:

Two colorful groups - let's see how many Disneybounds you recognize:

I spy Donald & Goofy in the middle left, of course, then I believe that's Kida and Esmerelda on the far right. [Update: Aha, and the gentleman is Pooh! Good call, commenters!]

The first of several Figment 'bounds, and a lovely Cinderella skirt:

Figment has tiny orange horns for hair clips, and check out her pretty belt bow!

The ladies on the left are 'bounding as the Citrus Swirl (with Orange Bird) and Dole Whip. And that's a sweet Tiana and Naveen on the right. (Her purse is a frog!)

More fabulousness spotted at lunch:

That's Peter Pan, Hook, and Smee on the left, and epic dresses for Nightmare Before Christmas and Spaceship Earth on the right.

Here's a closer look at the Pan group:

Hook's lantern had a pictures of Tinkerbell inside, and I like how she painted a hook on her glove!

Back outside, I was impressed to find this festive holiday group:

Impressed because it was HOT out there. Definitely not sweater-and-scarf weather here yet!

My friend and Epbot reader Traci as a chic Figment:

She made everything herself!

And another Figment, this time with a dapper Dreamfinder - so I was thrilled to catch them with the Journey to Imagination building in the background:

Swooning over her fabulous Figment horns fascinator. Lookie:

The Spaceship Earth fabric! Ah! And she just let me know it's from Hat and Mouse, which has many pretties. Drooling.

Lemme pause my own pics here for a sec to show you some of the best stuff I missed, all found on Instagram. (Click any pic to go to the poster's account.)

These Maleficent horns are everything. And the Master Gracey in the middle! And I think that's Mary Poppins? Anyway, incredible group.

I only spotted one of these fairies in the crowd, so I'm glad avidchick posted a group shot:

I'm naturally drawn to Disneybounders, but I gotta say, there's something equally magical about the purely vintage dappers. So many of these folks look like they stepped out of an old fashion magazine:

Perfection.

Ok, last Instagram find: this shot of Anna & Liz is one of the sweetest character interactions I've ever seen:

Is it dusty in here? Gah. MY HEART.

Ok, back to MY photos.

I wish I could have taken all my shots in the UK gardens.

These sisters were a delight:

First, Judy Hopps!

And then her sister as Lady, wearing some of my favorite colors:

Love this emerald green:

If you spot this gentleman in the hat next Dapper Day, say hello:

He was one of the nicer encounters of the day for me. Really lovely man.

Did I squeal when I saw this Maleficent and Cheshire cat? Yes, yes I did:

Her tail is pinned around the side of her skirt!

Now that I'm winding down I suppose I should mention John and I did dress up this year. We threw our outfits together the night before, so we didn't match, but I was a gender-swapped Gaston and John was mildly steampunky:

Of course, I forgot to have anyone take our picture 'til it was too dark, and you can't see my fun boots here. Oops. (Those are yellow gloves tucked in at my waist, and I'm wearing this gold stag necklace.) Even though my 'bound was subtle, easily half the groups I stopped to photograph called out, "Gaston!!" so, you know, THAT was just the coolest.

Next time we'll be more prepared, and oh yes, John WILL be a gender-swapped, dapper Belle. He was crushed he couldn't do it this time, and actually spent Saturday morning searching every store in the area for a yellow dress shirt. Ha! So yeah, next time.

I'm pretty sure it's a fire code issue. Basically, you've got 10,000 well dressed people who all want to meet under Spaceship Earth or something and Disney can't allow that due to safety concerns. I wish it wasn't the case but you can understand their reasoning.

It's more that Disney has contacted the official (and some of the larger unofficial) Dapper Day groups, and specifically asked them not to do meetups anymore. If you saw my group photos from past years, you can see why; DD gets bigger every year, and we just can't all fit in one area anymore.

There *was* an official DD Lounge this year in the Living Seas, so Dappers could meet there, but it was an extra ticketed event, and pricey, so most didn't bother.

Of course smaller groups can still try to do their own meets, but if they get too large Disney will take notice, and we all want to stay on good terms with the Mouse!

That's my twin sister as Judy Hopps & me as lady! Oh my stars you are such a sweetheart, we had no idea you'd feature us on your blog! Thank you so much for stopping to chat and take our picture we appreciate it immensely ❤️❤️ XxPaola one half of thehepburnmovement.blogspot.com

Thanks for the great photos! I didn't get to attend as I had a show that day. I was bummed they moved it so far into November this year. Last year's October was easier for me to schedule around. I lose every Saturday for two months at the holidays doing shows. ;)

I even had a Figment Disneybound all ready to go. Oh well. I hear Spring is going to be 2 days - one of which will be back at Epcot so hopefully, I can wear it then.

What awesome photos, as always! I think that if John 'bounds to match you, he needs to wear a blue and white ensemble. (Snazzy blue suit, white shirt?) Yellow dress Belle never interacted with Gaston! :)

I agree - and John suggested the same thing - but then you risk folks thinking he's Alice or Wendy or even Cinderella! Yellow with a red rose, though, and there's no question. (Plus the colors will match my Gaston.)

Awesome Gaston! He's such a fun character. Andrea makes a good point, and it's fun to virtual Disney bound, so here's my two cents...I wonder if you found the "Belle" shade of blue pants & vest, a white shirt and maybe a tie with books or something? Or maybe something to hold that suggests village Belle. So much easier for girls because of purses and fascintors. A red rose would be a good identifier too.Thank you for sharing these amazing photos. You have enriched my Disney visits by introducing the concept of Disney bounding. I haven't dressed up yet, but I love figuring it out the disney bounders I see at the park and the next time we go we are going to try it!

LOL - you must be the one who didn't like my using the word "con" last week, right? I keep it pretty casual here, and sometimes I use text speak or write like I talk to make it more fun for me. Sorry it bugs you.

Anyhoo, "all the feelz" is a phrase thrown around on social media, meaning "this inspires emotion." I thought it appropriate since the Inside Out bounders are dressed as the different emotions. :)